Calibration of elasto-plastic models for unsaturated soils under isotropic stresses

Engineering Geology

Volumn 165, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-72

  Gallipoli, Domenico ^a   D'Onza, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Parameters calibration; Plasticity; Suction; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; ELASTO-PLASTIC MODELS; ISOTROPIC COMPRESSION TESTS; PARAMETERS CALIBRATIONS; SUCTION; TRADITIONAL CALIBRATION; UNSATURATED SOIL;

CALIBRATION; COMPRESSION TESTING; DATA COMPRESSION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; PLASTICITY; SOILS; YIELD STRESS;

UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; COMPRESSION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PLASTICITY; SOIL MECHANICS; STRESS MEASUREMENT; STRESS RESISTANCE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 84886792797     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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